There is a Maintenance Mode to allow you to have the engine start and run regardless of HV battery SOC. Used by the dealerships to diagnose any engine related issues - they can’t have an engine cutting in and out whilst trying to diagnose an issue.

 

oh that's interesting.
as much as i'd milk the battery on this thing as much as possible, there are occasions where I'd actually want the engine to fire up and warm up a bit first.

 

Indeed, while artificial intelligence can be incredibly useful, it can also sometimes provide inaccurate or misleading information, especially if the data it is trained on is not relevant or specific enough.

 

Apply parking brake.

1. Push Start button twice for ignition on
2. Press accelerator pedal twice
3. Hold brake pedal, shift to neutral, release brake pedal
4. Press accelerator pedal twice
5. Press brake pedal and hold
6. Shift into park, release brake pedal
7. Press accelerator pedal twice
8. Hold brake pedal and press push start button once

To Exit Maintenance Mode:

Press start button once to exit.

 

Thank you Lozza

 

Discerning car owners change oil at 5k, well done

 

I'm going to make a confession. I trusted the info I got on the internet and poured the entire five quarts of Mobile 1 into my engine before double checking in the manual. So I put eight tenths of a quart to much in. Checking the dipstick, sure enough, it was way over the top line.

Fortunately I'm a retired airline mechanic and I've got more tools than you can shake a stick at so all it took was an old hand pumped Mighty-Vac and some quarter inch surgical hose snaked down the dipstick tube to extract the excess.

The moral of the story is - read your manual - don't trust what you get from an internet search. There is no oversight on what is posted out there. Of course I knew that but just got lazy.

 

NO matter what manual said the way I do oil change is start with 4 litres and check with dipstick; then add a bit, check, add, check. When it is between lines, do short drive, check again. Repeat until it is steady between lines.
Plus I have EZ Oil Drain valve so no tools needed to fool around with unscrewing/screwing. I HOPE Honda kept the same size of oil nut so I can reuse my EZ.
Anybody knows exact size of that oil nut in Hybrid Civic?

 

I replaced the stock 17mm hex M14 x 1.5mm with this magnetic vesion from Gold Plugs. Exact fit.

 

Gold Plug is still a NUT.
EZ Oil Valve you screw once and to remove oil just use the lever to let out out. Then shut it off, pour fresh oil and you are good to go. No tools needed.

But your Gold is good alternative to OEM plug. Now... OEM being most likely some ferrous alloy why not use some strong magnet and make it magnetic?

 

I wonder how many actual engine miles are on a hybrid that has 5,000 odometer miles?

 

I wonder how many actual engine miles are on a hybrid that has 5,000 odometer miles?

 

You would have to hook up an oil pressure sensing switch to a timer like they do on airplanes. That would tell you how many hours it had but not miles. There may be some data stored in the computer that would give you that information but I can't say for sure or how to access it.

 

Two things.
I just noticed this thread and ask: Why do the first oil change yourself ? Isn't it free from Honda? It is in US. Second, just a comment on engine hours. My corvette records running hours. I assume many high end cars have the same feature but would not expect the low cost Civic Hybrid to display it.

My first oil change story. I was 26 and in 1977 I had a new 1976 Civic CVCC. The filter was also hard to remove and then the "O" ring seal stuck to the engine block - I had no idea. So I had two rubber seals after I installed the new filter and that is a no no. The filter let go on a Connecticut highway with our baby in the back car seat. Oil everywhere but I shut it down immediately. No damage but we were late getting to our destination.

 

Because the oil interval is too long. Honda says 10,000 miles and dealers refuse to do it any sooner. My 2025 has 3500 miles and it says oil has 70% oil life left. I actually changed it at 1500 miles and did not reset the oil life setting. When it get's to 90% or close to a year old I'll get Honda to do the free oil change.

 

Every honda website I see states the oil and filter change at 7,500 or 12 months "under normal conditions". I don't see 10K anywhere.

 

Do your own calculations then because 2025 no longer lists an interval. Every 1000 miles is 10% oil life. The dealer says one free service at 10k miles. The maintenance schedule page no longer exists in the 2025 owners manual. I don't see anything in writing on the window sticker. But here is the info from the manual.

 

^ it went from the

"MM is sooo advance the honda engineerings engineered the shit out of the MM you backyard mechanics dont know any better!!!!'

to

"every 1000 equals 10% oil life"

hahaha

 

^ it went from the

"MM is sooo advance the honda engineerings engineered the shit out of the MM you backyard mechanics dont know any better!!!!'

to

"every 1000 equals 10% oil life"

hahaha

Well you have the info right there. First it only moves at 10% intervals, and clearly shows that in the first pic and currently I have 3500 miles on my civic and showing 70% left. At 4k it will have 60% oil life left. It was at 90% at 1k miles and 80% at 2k.